College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Psychology

Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe, Ph.D.

Professor

Ph.D. University of Memphis, 1994



Contact Information:
Email: schmitter-e@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 312
Phone: (509) 335-0170



Websites:

Aging and Dementia Laboratory
Traumatic Brain Injury Research Laboratory
Smart Environment Research
Vita
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Media Links


Classes Taught:

  • Psychology 198: Honors Introductory Psychology
  • Psychology 363: Psychology and Aging
  • Psychology 490: Cognition and Aging
  • Psychology 537: Clinic Assessment Practicum
  • Psychology 575: Foundation of Neuropsychology


Research Interests:

*Parsey, C. M., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., & Belenky, G. (in press). Sleep and everyday functioning in older adulthood. Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi:10.1177/0733464812458364

Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., *McAlister, C., & *Weakley, A. (in press, 2012). Naturalistic assessment of everyday functioning in individuals with mild cognitive impairment: the day out task. Neuropsychology, 26. doi: 10.1037/a0029352

*Seelye, A. M., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., *Das, B., & Cook, D. (2012). Using cognitive rehabilitation theory to inform the development of smart prompting technologies. IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. doi: 10.1109/RBME.2012.2196691

*Sanders, C. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2012). Identifying the nature of impairment in planning ability with normal aging. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34, 724-737. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2012.670210. PMID: 22506736

*Das, B., Cook, D. J., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., *Seelye, A. M. (in press, 2012). PUCK: An automated prompting system for smart environments. Personal & Ubiquitous Computing. doi: 10.1007/s00779-01100445-6

Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., & *Seelye, A. M. (2012). Recovery of temporal order memory for performed activities following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34, 256-268. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2011.633497

*Pavawalla, S., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. & Smith, R (2012). Prospective memory following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a formal multinomial modeling approach. Neuropsychology, 26, 91-101. doi: 10.1037/a0025866

Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., *Parsey, C., & Cook, D. (2011). Cognitive correlates of functional performance in older adults: comparison of self-report, direct observation and performance-based measures. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 17, 853-864.

*Wright, M. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). The impact of verbal memory encoding and consolidation deficits during recovery from moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 26, 182-191.

Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. & *Seelye, A. M. (2011). Predictions of verbal episodic memory in persons with Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33, 218-225.

*Anderson, J. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). Recovery of time estimation following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 25, 36-44. PMCID: PMC3018715.

*Parsey, C. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of the Clock Drawing Test in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease: Evaluation of a Modified Scoring System. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 24, 108-118.

*Rashidi, P., Cook, D. J., Holder, L. B., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). Discovering activities to recognize and track in a smart environment. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 23, 527-539. PMCID: PMC3100559.

Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., & *Creamer, S. (2010). Assessment of strategic processing during narrative comprehension in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16, 661-671.

*Wright, M. J., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., & *Woo, E. (2010). Verbal memory impairment in severe closed-head injury: The role of encoding and consolidation. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 728-736. PMCID: PMC2889160.

*Anderson, J. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2010). Mild cognitive impairment and feeling-of-knowing in episodic memory. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 505-514.

*Creamer, S. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2010). Narrative comprehension in Alzheimer’s disease: Assessing inferences and memory operations with a think-aloud procedure. Neuropsychology, 24, 279-290.

*Singla, G., Cook, D. J., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2010). Recognizing independent and joint activities among multiple residents in smart environments. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 1, 57-63.

*Seelye, A. M., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. & *Flores, J. (2010). Episodic memory predictions in persons with amnestic and non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 433-441.

*Livengood, M., *Anderson, J., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2010). Assessment of memory self-awareness following traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 24, 598-608.


*denotes student author



Grant Support

Smart Environment Technology for Longitudinal Behavior Analysis and Intervention. NIH: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. #R01 EB015853 2012-2016, $1.5M. MPI

A Multi-dyad Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention. Alzheimer’s Association. 2011-2014, $320,000. PI.

Smart Environment Technologies for Health Assessment and Assistance. NIH: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. #R01 EB009675 2010-2014, $1.2M. MPI.

Integrative Training in Smart Environment and Health Technologies. National Science Foundation. IGERT funding. #DGE-0900781 2009-2014, $2.9M. Co-PI.

Identification of Parkinson’s disease Motor States from Body-worn Sensor Data. IGIS Team Building Grant. Washington State University, College of Liberal Arts. 2012-2013, $5,000. PI

Biomarkers, Caregiving and a Multi-dyad Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention. Berry Family CLA Faculty Excellence Fellow funding. Washington State University, 2011-2014, $25,000. PI.

   Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164-4820, 509-335-2631, Contact Us